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Substitutional reality system: a novel experimental platform for experiencing alternative reality
Keisuke Suzuki1, Sohei Wakisaka, Naotaka Fujii
1Laboratory for Adaptive Intelligence, Brain Science Institute , RIKEN 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, Japan.
Scientific Reports
|June 23, 2012
Summary
Researchers created a substitutional reality (SR) system to study perception. Participants could not distinguish between real and recorded scenes, showing the system
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Science
- Neuroscience
- Psychology
Background:
- Understanding the perception of reality and metacognitive functions is crucial.
- Existing methods for studying reality perception are limited.
Purpose of the Study:
- To introduce a novel experimental platform, the substitutional reality (SR) system.
- To investigate the conviction of perceived reality and metacognitive functions.
- To explore the potential of the SR system in studying psychiatric disorders.
Main Methods:
- Development of a substitutional reality (SR) system enabling seamless alternation between live and recorded scenes.
- Participants (n=21) were exposed to manipulated reality experiences.
- Psychophysical experiments were conducted to assess perceptual discriminability and factors influencing performance.
Main Results:
- All naive participants believed recorded scenes were live, indicating successful reality manipulation.
- Visual object depth did not impact the ability to discriminate between scenes.
- Switching scenes during head movement improved substitutional performance.
Conclusions:
- The SR system provides a novel, affordable platform for studying metacognitive functions.
- The system's reality manipulation capabilities are effective for research.
- The SR system shows promise for investigating psychiatric disorders related to reality perception.
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